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The Emerging Markets Technological Revolution: Financial Inclusion & Development Through Digitization

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Mon, Oct 15, 2018 from 05:00pm — 07:00pm

Nadeem Hussain, founder of Telenor Microfinance Bank, is globally recognized for his dedication and service to financial inclusion. He has chaired the United Nation’s MDG Session on Financial Inclusion, is a frequent speaker at international forums on branchless banking and microfinance, and has held numerous board and committee positions in the sector. He will discuss the […]

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The Great Indian Migration Wave

WHEN
Wed, Oct 10, 2018 from 04:30pm — 06:00pm

COST   Free

VENUE
CGIS South, S250
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S250
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA

Join visiting scholar Chinmay Tumbe and moderator Ian Talbot for a discussion about the great Indian Migration wave.  In this seminar, Tumbe provides an overview of his book, India Moving: A History of Migration, that attempts to explain when, how and why people have moved to, from and within the subcontinent over centuries. It reveals one of […]

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Autumn Moon: An Evening of Hindustani Music with Aastha Goswami

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Wed, Oct 10, 2018 from 07:30pm — 09:00pm

Join celebrated Hindustani musician Aastha Goswami for an intimate concert on Harvard campus. Aastha Goswami received her music training from the prestigious ITC SangeetResearch Academy in Kolkata where she trained under the tutelage of Pandit Arun Bhaduri and the legendary Padma Vibhushan Smt. Girija Devi Ji.   Performing for more than 20 years all over India, with […]

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Panel Discussion: Democracy in Distress in South Asia

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Tue, Oct 9, 2018 from 06:00pm — 08:00pm

COST   Free

VENUE
Emerson Hall, Harvard Yard

ADDRESS
Emerson Hall, Harvard Yard
Room 305
25 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA

Panelists Sugata Bose Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs, Harvard University Rohit De Assistant Professor of History, Yale University Sreenivasan Jain Anchor and Managing Editor, New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV) Ayesha Jalal Mary Richardson Professor of History, Tufts University Moderator Homi Bhabha Director, Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard

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India-Pakistan Crises: Risks, Opportunities, and Options for US Crisis Management

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Thu, Oct 4, 2018 from 04:30pm — 06:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S153
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S153
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

Dr. Moeed Yusuf will present his research on US role in India-Pakistan crisis management, captured in his latest book Brokering Peace in Nuclear Environments: U.S. Crisis Management in South Asia. The book proposes an original theory to study regional nuclear crises and specifically US role in crisis management.

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Rohingya Persecution in Myanmar: Evidence and Accountability

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Wed, Oct 3, 2018 from 04:30pm — 06:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S250
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S250
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) surveyed leaders from 604 Rohingya hamlets in Myanmar’s Rakhine state encompassing more than 916,000 people. The findings, coupled with in-depth interviews and forensic medical examinations of Rohingya survivors, point to a widespread and systematic pattern of targeted violence – including rapes and killings of women, men, and children – that drove more than 720,000 Rohingya into neighboring Bangladesh. Dr. Parveen Parmar and Dr. Jen Leigh will present the findings of these studies.

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Gender, Violence and Vulnerabilities of Adolescents in India

As part of our ongoing India Seminar Series, we are partnering with the Center on Gender Equity and Health, UC San Diego for a talk titled, ‘Gender, Violence and Vulnerabilities of Adolescents in India’ by Dr. Anita Raj, Tata Chancellor Professor of Medicine, Director of Center on Gender Equity & Health (Department of Medicine), UC […]

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Book Talk | Trust: Creating the Foundation for Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries

WHEN
Tue, Oct 2, 2018 from 06:00pm — 07:30pm

COST   Free

Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School on his new book, Trust: Creating the Foundation for Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries in conversation with Caroline Elkins, Professor of History and African and African American Studies, Harvard University

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Book Talk | Trust: Creating the Foundation for Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries with Tarun Khanna

WHEN
Fri, Sep 28, 2018 from 03:00pm — 04:15pm

COST   Free

VENUE
Harvard Book Store

ADDRESS
Harvard Book Store
1256 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA 02138

The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute and Harvard Book Store welcome TARUN KHANNA—the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School—for a discussion of his latest book, Trust: Creating the Foundation for Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries. About Trust Entrepreneurial ventures often fail in the developing world because of the lack of something taken for granted […]

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